Jeremiah 7:6
7:6 Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands.
Stop killing innocent people
in this land. Stop paying allegiance to
other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
Jeremiah 7:9
7:9 You steal.
You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to
other gods whom you have not previously known.
Jeremiah 35:15
35:15 I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said, “Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right.
Do not pay allegiance to other gods
and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.
Exodus 20:3
20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:23
20:23 You must not make gods of silver alongside me,
nor make gods of gold for yourselves.
Deuteronomy 6:14
6:14 You must not go after other gods, those
of the surrounding peoples,
Deuteronomy 8:19
8:19 Now if you forget the
Lord your God at all
and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.
Deuteronomy 13:2
13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”
Deuteronomy 28:14
28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving
you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship
them.
Joshua 24:20
24:20 If
you abandon the
Lord and worship
foreign gods, he will turn against you;
he will bring disaster on you and destroy you,
though he once treated you well.”
Joshua 24:1
Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord
24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
Joshua 11:4-10
11:4 These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.
11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces
at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
11:6 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
11:7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
11:9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.
Joshua 14:1-2
Judah’s Tribal Lands
14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
14:2 The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.
Joshua 17:1
17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.